July 3, 2009
NYC judge gives rapper Remy Ma 8 years in prison
Remy Ma leaves Manhattan criminal court in New York. Remy Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, was sentenced Tuesday, May 13, 2008 to eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. (Louis Lanzano, Associated Press / May 13, 2008)
NEW YORK -- Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in
prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the
26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault,
weapon possession and attempted coercion.
Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was
teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.
She says last summer's shooting was an accident; an appeal is
planned.
Correction officials say they called off her weekend wedding at
the Rikers Island jail after the groom -- fellow rapper Papoose --
showed up with a handcuff key.
Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies the key could be used to
unlock handcuffs. Papoose isn't charged.
Fisher says the two still plan to wed.
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